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Question: Do you agree or disagree...? - People in wealthy countries should make an additional tax contribution to help people in poor countries.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
8 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 United Kingdom47.4%
2 France 44.2%
3 Germany42.1%
4 Australia41.1%
5 Sweden39.7%
6 United States36.5%
7 Canada33.5%
8 Japan26.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 2 countries.

Source
ISSP 1999

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 2.665340 X +5.736
Correlation coefficient (r)0.482
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.232

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 22997.355254 X +43921.652
Correlation coefficient (r)0.115
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -9.407513 X +85.365
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.251
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.063

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = 1.810738 X +0.888
Correlation coefficient (r)0.734
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.539

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data8
Regression equation
Y = -22.296482 X +19.345
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.613
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.376